diff --git a/tests/integration/ha_tests/helpers.py b/tests/integration/ha_tests/helpers.py
index c9d7ad31a4..f1bd24bf63 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ha_tests/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/integration/ha_tests/helpers.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async def count_writes(ops_test: OpsTest, down_unit: str = None) -> int:
         f" host='{host}' password='{password}' connect_timeout=10"
     )
     try:
-        for attempt in Retrying(stop=stop_after_delay(30 * 2), wait=wait_fixed(3)):
+        for attempt in Retrying(stop=stop_after_delay(60), wait=wait_fixed(3)):
             with attempt:
                 with psycopg2.connect(
                     connection_string
diff --git a/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py b/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py
index c817deb113..e3ff6be715 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py
+++ b/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py
@@ -168,3 +168,56 @@ async def test_freeze_db_process(
     assert await secondary_up_to_date(
         ops_test, primary_name, total_expected_writes
     ), "secondary not up to date with the cluster after restarting."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.ha_self_healing_tests
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("process", DB_PROCESSES)
+async def test_restart_db_process(
+    ops_test: OpsTest, process: str, continuous_writes, master_start_timeout
+) -> None:
+    # Locate primary unit.
+    app = await app_name(ops_test)
+    primary_name = await get_primary(ops_test, app)
+
+    # Start an application that continuously writes data to the database.
+    await start_continuous_writes(ops_test, app)
+
+    # Restart the database process.
+    await send_signal_to_process(ops_test, primary_name, process, kill_code="SIGTERM")
+
+    async with ops_test.fast_forward():
+        # Verify new writes are continuing by counting the number of writes before and after a
+        # 60 seconds wait (this is a little more than the loop wait configuration, that is
+        # considered to trigger a fail-over after master_start_timeout is changed).
+        writes = await count_writes(ops_test)
+        for attempt in Retrying(stop=stop_after_delay(60), wait=wait_fixed(3)):
+            with attempt:
+                more_writes = await count_writes(ops_test)
+                assert more_writes > writes, "writes not continuing to DB"
+
+        # Verify that the database service got restarted and is ready in the old primary.
+        assert await postgresql_ready(ops_test, primary_name)
+
+    # Verify that a new primary gets elected (ie old primary is secondary).
+    new_primary_name = await get_primary(ops_test, app)
+    assert new_primary_name != primary_name
+
+    # Verify that the old primary is now a replica.
+    assert is_replica(ops_test, primary_name), "there are more than one primary in the cluster."
+
+    # Verify that all units are part of the same cluster.
+    member_ips = await fetch_cluster_members(ops_test)
+    ip_addresses = [unit.public_address for unit in ops_test.model.applications[app].units]
+    assert set(member_ips) == set(ip_addresses), "not all units are part of the same cluster."
+
+    # Verify that no writes to the database were missed after stopping the writes.
+    total_expected_writes = await stop_continuous_writes(ops_test)
+    for attempt in Retrying(stop=stop_after_delay(60), wait=wait_fixed(3)):
+        with attempt:
+            actual_writes = await count_writes(ops_test)
+            assert total_expected_writes == actual_writes, "writes to the db were missed."
+
+    # Verify that old primary is up-to-date.
+    assert await secondary_up_to_date(
+        ops_test, primary_name, total_expected_writes
+    ), "secondary not up to date with the cluster after restarting."